Sunday, May 6, 2012
My first Site Visit
This weekend I visited my site I think for security reasons we´re not supposed to put the name of our sites oup in a blog... My host family is really nice, they have two little girls and the own two restuarants in the town... I´m pretty sure there is a good chance that I might gain back all the weight I´ve lost since I´ve been here if I eat everything they give me... On the other hand I think I´m going to be doing a lot more walking so that´ll help... .
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Farewell La Cumbre, Hello new Home
Saturday we left La Cumbre (which made me and my dona cry) and got back to Santo Domingo which has made me itch a lot more because the mosquitoes started to swarm. Saturday I went to la cerena and bought some supplies (yoga mat and sangria) and hung out with the other volunteers. Then Sundayy we went to a big book fair in the city and then to the ruins of San Fransico to see a live marengue band and chill out. This weekend was the most relaxed couple of days I've had in country...
Last night I went to bed around 9 pm... to the sound of the Colmado across the street and rain against my zinc roof... I woke up at 11:45 pm to the sound of the Colmado and the feeling of a wet spot in my bed where I guess I have a hole in my roof right above my bed... I thought about getting up and telling my dona, or putting my raincoat over my mosquitero to block the rain... but instead I just rolled over at went back to sleep.... Today was our first day back in the training center in Pantoja... I got to weigh myself ... and I've lost about 14 llbs since I've been here... and I'm one of the lucky volunteers who has yet to be sick :)... hopefully I don't jinxes myself because I'm going to a new home tomorrow.
So for the past two weeks I've been super anxious and nervous to find out where I'm going to be living for the next two years. Today I found out!!! I´m going to be living in the province of Altagracias. It's a small town of about 2000 ppl by the beach in the eastern part of the country. I'm going to be working with a womens group doing environmental education and doing some work with the fishermen because they have over-fished their fisheries.... I'm super excited and still very nervous... Tomorrow we'll come in at 7am and go to a place where we will meet our key community contact... this was described by my trainer Tim as the "best blind date ever, because no matter what you know you're going home with them..." Idk how I feel about that... but I guess I'll see tomorrow.
Last night I went to bed around 9 pm... to the sound of the Colmado across the street and rain against my zinc roof... I woke up at 11:45 pm to the sound of the Colmado and the feeling of a wet spot in my bed where I guess I have a hole in my roof right above my bed... I thought about getting up and telling my dona, or putting my raincoat over my mosquitero to block the rain... but instead I just rolled over at went back to sleep.... Today was our first day back in the training center in Pantoja... I got to weigh myself ... and I've lost about 14 llbs since I've been here... and I'm one of the lucky volunteers who has yet to be sick :)... hopefully I don't jinxes myself because I'm going to a new home tomorrow.
So for the past two weeks I've been super anxious and nervous to find out where I'm going to be living for the next two years. Today I found out!!! I´m going to be living in the province of Altagracias. It's a small town of about 2000 ppl by the beach in the eastern part of the country. I'm going to be working with a womens group doing environmental education and doing some work with the fishermen because they have over-fished their fisheries.... I'm super excited and still very nervous... Tomorrow we'll come in at 7am and go to a place where we will meet our key community contact... this was described by my trainer Tim as the "best blind date ever, because no matter what you know you're going home with them..." Idk how I feel about that... but I guess I'll see tomorrow.
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